A single teardown scare on Talcott Place pushed Park Ridge toward its first historic district after 15 years of holding the power to create one.

Michael Peterson's family donated his heart, lungs, liver and kidneys after he was declared brain dead at Froedtert Hospital.

A 22-second video shows an Illinois State police officer narrowly escaping shattered glass as 60 mph winds tore through campus during freshman move-in.

A brick through the glass, a loaded shopping cart, then gone — police want tips on the Belmont Cragin and North Austin break-ins.

Roy Pughsley allegedly slept inside the State Street flagship, snacking from a restaurant kitchen before fleeing with clothes at 3:25 a.m.

Federal investigators have offered their largest-ever reward in the 2018 disappearance of pregnant Chatham mail carrier Kierra Coles.

The North Lawndale showcase spotlights H.H. Holmes and John Wayne Gacy alongside Dahmer's glasses and Bundy's dental mold.

The Auditorium Theatre benefit has raised more than $8 million for dancers' health needs since 1992.

Lucia Whalen says the new parking garage next door blocks her window as an emergency exit and killed her plans for an air conditioner.

The North Leavitt Street shooting is the second gun violence case on that block this year, after a fatal March ambush nearby.

Fire crews had to cut open a mangled sedan to free someone trapped inside near Clark and State streets.

A loud boom and possible transformer explosion cut power to more than 5,000 people in East Chicago while Dyer runs its wastewater plant on generators.

A $477,000 permit revives a Trumbull Avenue lot the city demolished back in 2013. New units will feature stacked rear porches and alley parking.